Barrel-carrier.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

J. PRAVEL.

BARREL CARRIER.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG.13,1'905.

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BARREL-CARRIER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed December 13, 1905. Serial No 291,577-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE FRAVEL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and Im proved Barrel-Carrier, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to package-carriers; and its object is to providea new and improved barrel-carrier arranged for convenient and quickattachment to one or two barrels, to enable a workman to readily carrytwo empty barrels with the use of but one arm and hand, and to permittwo workmen to carry a filled barrel with ease.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

Figure 1 is an edge view, partly in section, of the improvement arrangedfor one workman to carry two empty barrels. Fig. 2 is a faceview of thesame, and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the improvement arranged for twoworkmen to carry a filled barrel.

The barrel-carrier consists, essentially, of two members A and A,provided at their outer ends with sets of sidewise-extending hooks B Band B B for engaging the ends of two barrels C and C at the same time,as plainly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The outer ends of the members Aand A are also provided with sets of transversely extending hooks D Dand D D for engaging the ends of a single filled barrel C it beingunderstood thatfor this purpose two barrel-carriers are used, one oneach side of the barrel, as plainly shown in Fig. 3. The members A and Aare also provided near their outer ends with hand holds E and E,preferably in the form of longitudinally-ext'ending bars, as shown inFig. 2, and the inner end of the member A is provided with eyes F F, onwhich are secured the ends of a rope G, extending through eyes F Fformed on the inner end of the member A. A roller-handle G is mounted onthe rope G in front of the member A, it being understood that the saidrope forms an arm-support for engaging with the arm of the user of thebarrel-carrier, as plainly illustrated in Fig. 1.

By the arrangement described the armsupport G on account of itsflexibility not only connects the inner ends of the members A and A witheach other, but serves to draw the members toward each other when thedevice is used, so as to securely hold the cor responding sets of hooksB B and B B or D D and D D in engagement with the ends of the barrels,as above explained and shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

When it is desired to carry'but a single filled barrel C as shown inFig. 3, then use is made of two barrel-carriers and thetransversely-extending hooks D D and D D are hooked onto the ends of thebarrel, after which two workmen take hold, each with one hand, of thecorresponding roller-handle G, as indicated in Fig. 3. The workmen cannow readily lift the barrel C and in doing so the rope G of eachbarrel-carrier tends to draw the members A and A toward each other tosecurely hold the hooks D D and D D in firm engagement with the ends ofthe barrel C When it is desired to carry two empty barrels C and C byone workman, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, then use is made of a singlebarrel-carrier and the hooks B and B are engaged with the ends of thebarrel C, while the hooks B and B are engaged with the ends of the otherbarrel C, so that the members A and A extend between the two barrels Cand C. The 0 erator now slips one arm through the loop ormed in the ropeG and then takes hold of the handhold E to lift and carry the twobarrels in a very convenient manner.

' It is understood that the device may be used with either of themembers A or A in top or bottom position, so that the operator can takehold with the hand of either the handhold E or the handhold E.

The barrel-carrier is preferably made of strong-wire; but this is notessential, as it a may be made of other material, and hence I do notlimit myself to the precise construction shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A barrel-carrier, comprising two members havinghooks at their outer ends for engagement with the barrel ends, ahandhold fixed on each member, and an arm-support adjustably connectingthe members with each other.

2. A barrel-carrier, comprising two members provided with hooks andhaving handholds, and a flexible arm-support connecting the members witheach other.

3. A barrel-carrier, comprising two members provided With hooks, and aflexible armsupport secured on one of the members and slidably engagingthe other member to form an arm-loop.

4. A barrel-carrier, comprising two members, each having a set oftransverse and a set of sidewise-extending hooks, and means foradjustably connecting the members with each other.

5. A barrel-carrier, comprising a pair of members having a set oftransverse hooks and a set of sidewise-extending hooks, a handhold oneach member, and a flexible arm-support secured at its ends to onemember and extending loosely through guideprays in the other member, toform an arm- 6. A barrel-carrier, comprising a pair of members having aset of transverse hooks and a set of sidewise-extending hooks, ahandhold on each member, a flexible armsupport secured at its ends toone member and extending loosely through guideways in the other member,to form an arm-loop, and a roller on the said 'loop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JESSE FRAVEL.

Witnesses:

J. H. KLINE, J. J. WHEATLEY.

